Physician sex and other factors associated with type of breast cancer surgery in older women

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 185-191

  Cyran, Elizabeth M ^a,c   Crane, Lori A ^b   Palmer, Laura ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c Univ of Colorado Hlth Sci Center ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST DISEASE; BREAST SURGERY; CANCER SURGERY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0035128780     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.136.2.185     Document Type: Article

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